The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-11
CONDITION or CgePS.
LATEST REPORTS FROM ALL
QUARTERS.
Corn, Cotton, Oats, Potatoes, Fruits
Hay and IOblccO-Tennes.
sees Averages.


pect month ago was for very heavy
crop OF corn and rate Of yield about
the 'erage. liz condition In all the
States OF the Atlantic coast is no un.
impaired and Of very high promise.
In Texas and Tennessee the condition
has declined materially. In the GEN.
trail cora region, however, in the val.
lies Of the Ohio and Missouri, where
two thirds Of the crop Is grown, and
the commercial supply 10 procured, q
very heavy reduction has taken place,
which ha, inside the national average
BOT instead Of 87.7 last mouth. The
cause IL leng continued drought. which
hss been severest In Ksnsas, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. NJ.
braeka has been scnrchsd on the
southern border, and Iowa and Mis-.
sour have escaped with comparative.
ly light loss, as has the more northern
States. The seven corn surplus States
stand as follows: Ohio, so; Indiana,
o. Illinois, 85; Iowa, 90; Missouri.
80i Kansas, so; Nebraska, rs.
WHKAr.-The condition OF spring
wheat, rep 1rted very low last month
from ravsges Of chinch bugs, Ia not i'm.
proved IN the August returns, but has
fallen on very slightly, the general
average being rs 8, but two points lees
than the August returas OF last year.
Dsko'a has made O slight gain. and
stands highest In condition. The
average for Wisconsin Is 70; Minneso
ia, "a; Iowa, "; Hebraska, ~, and
Dakota, 50 In the extreme East and
on the PacI6c Coast the condition OF
spriog wh,a, 10 high. There IL no re.
port oil winter wheat the present
month, as IL 10 too early to obtain re.
suits Of threshing.
The OATI CRoP. There Ia no change.
Part OF the breadth was harvested at
the last report. The condition averages
So.S, which indicates q crop eighty
under the average. The barley CROP
promises 10 yield better than WAS
feared las. month. The eastern pro.
duct averaged q higher condition but
is reduosd eliRhtly since the lspt
report The average Is 86.2, indicating
nearly an average yield. The buck
wheat area appears 10 be practically
the same as last pear, and averages
about 90 In condition.
PorAroTs. -There 10 ssgreat reduc.
ito, since the fret Of July in the con.
dition OF potatoes, almost entirely the
result oil drought. There is no mate.
rial decline on the Atlantis or GuIf
cos,,, but the injury IL severe In the
West. The loss during the month az
reported is fully . per cent. OF the
prospective crop.
FRSr.-The fruit crop .s very poor.
There will be few spp'as outside of
New England and New Y,rk. There
will be partial crop In Michigan. In
the Oaio nver States the harvest will
be nearly irilure
HAr,-Ths hay crop 10 also greatly
reduced IN the West. The genera av-
GRACE Ia 80.
Corros.-The past month has been
favorable 10 cotton, except that rain.
fall has been untSuslly distributed In
point oil time, drought threatening q,
one period and damaging flosds FOL.
lowing. In the eastern belt excess Of
moisture predominatss a. a factor Of
depreciation. The weed lie therefore
lsrgs and tappy, and fruit fall appssrs
In rome hslds seriously and In come
csses rus, appears. 10 Louisiana sim.
liar conditions have prevailed, aud
only very partially In Mlssi,s ppi.
Texas has been too dry, though
drought has not 40 y been disastrous
or severe. Tbs prevalent status Of
the crop 70 very good for the first OF
August, while reporters recoguizs this
rs a critical time, aud fear the efiec.
OF su aeouent drought upol tbs erreu
and 0, couleat condition OF the plant.
In companion Of ten years The Au yust
condition u only exceeded by that Of
1882 aud 1885, one producing q Ia ge
crop, the other an under medium
Yield.
The z neral average OF condition 4.
e3 8, which is lover by three point,
than that Il July. The Ga e,' ave.
regis are: Virginia, o.; Nith Caro-.
lima, 90 South Carolina, o5; Georgia,
~; Florida, e6i Alabams, %; Nissis.
siopl, 90. Louisiana, %; T,xss, 81;
Atkansas, g7i Tennessee, o5
The hrst brood oil caterpillars has
appeared In several a the States, but
l. not generally mentioned In the 70.
turns IL Is reported in Orangeburg
end Bsrkely, &. o.. In Calhoun, Tay.
Tor. Dooley and Lsurenp, Ga. f; Ia III ala
and Dallas, Ala; In 3 arkey, Newton,
Issqnena and 0ktlbbeha, Miss In
Red River, Bosslar, Rirhlsnd, Na,chi.
tochss and Ioeryllle, La and In Ste.
phen, Camp and jacobson, Tex. The
boil worm s much lees frequently
mentioned.
ToB,oc,.-The tobacco crop is In
high condition In the seed leaf States,
averaging nearly 100, except In Wis.
consin. The shipping and cutting
districts Of thu West make an unpre.
cedentei report Of low condition
Tenne.sec, 20; Kentucky, 20; Ohio,
So; Indiana, 10; Illinois, 50; Mis.
souri,, 90, la yiew Of the heavy 70.
duction In acreage, only q small frsg.
ment 81 tie usual crop may be ex.
pec,ed. The official invi stigatiou oil
area, now Ia progress, will determine
su,horilstively the breadth cultivated